Machine for molding pastry and confectionery.



1 828,711. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906. G. MURZINGER GABOS. MACHINE FORMOLDING PASTRY AND OONFEOTIONERY.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT. 11, 1905.v

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MACHINE FOR MOLDING PASTRY AND CONFECTION'ERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Application filed October 11, 1905. Serial No. 282,266.

To (r/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN MoRzINeER CABOS, a subject of the Emperorof Austria- Hungary, residing at 27 Hernstorferstrasse XIII/4, Vienna,Austria-Hungary, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ma.-chines for Molding Pastry and Confectionery, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to machines for molding pastry and confectioneryof the kind wherein dough is forced through orifices. in the bottom of acontainer by means of a plate or plunger which fits tightly within thecontainer, the said plate being then slightly raised, so as to produce apartial vacuum to stop the flow of the dough.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved construction andarrangement of mechanism for the operation of the plunger orpressure-plate of such machines.

According to the invention I make use of two levers operated by hand,one of the said levers acting upon a ratchet-wheel which is in the formof aunt and actuates a screwspindle fitted on the pressure-plate, so asto depress the said plate on the rotation of the hand-lever to an extentcorresponding to the delivery of a predetermined quantity of dough. Thesecond lever has for its object to raise the plate after each expressionof the dough in order to form the vacuum and at the same time to depressthe table arranged below the bottom of the dough-container, so that thetray, which is placed upon the table and contains the pastry orconfectionery, can

be removed. By reversing the movement of the said second lever thepressure-plate is again depressed to the same extent, and the table isagain raised to the bottom of the dough-container after having hadplaced upon it in the meantime a fresh tray.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a machineconstructed according to the invention. Fig. 2 illustrates thearrangement of the lever for depressing the pressure-plate. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the lower slide, and Figs. 4 to 5 are views of detailshereinafter described.

1 is the container for the dough, and 2 the pressure-plate, which fitssnugly therein and which can be raised or lowered by means of the screw3 and the hand-wheel 4, formed as a nut. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) I11 orderthat the pressure-plate 2 shall be depressed at each operation to apredetermined extent for delivering the dough, the nut which is providedon the hand-Wheel 4 is furnished with ratchet-teeth 5, with whichengages a pawl 7, attached to the hand-lever 6. The hand-lever moves ina curved guide, Figs. 4 and 5, which is graduated and provided with anadjustable stop 9 in order to limit the angle through which the lever 6is turned, and thereby the extent of the movement of the pressure-plate2, as desired.

In order that after each delivery of the dough a vacuum shall beproduced in the usual way by raising the pressure-plate, I make use ofthe lever 10, which is secured to a shaft 11, Figs. 1 and 2. Upon thisshaft there is keyed a two-armed lever 12, the ends of which areattached to two wedge-shaped slides 13 and 14, respectively. Thesurfaces of these slides are inclined in opposite directions, and thesaid slides work with the surfaces which are inclined toward one anotherupon two bearing-surfaces provided upon the upper part 15 of themachine-frame. Above and below the slides are arranged two collars orabutments 16 and 17, respectively, which are secured to the nut. (SeeFig. 3, which is a plan view of the lower slide.) Upon the ends of theshaft 11 there are keyed two arms 18 and 19, respectively, to which arehinged rods 20, connected at their lowerends to a stirrup or crank 22,carrying the table 21. The length of the rods 20 can be adjusted by nuts23, engaging right and left hand threads in accordance with the depth ofthe pastry or confectionery to be molded.

When the lever 10 is pressed downward, the nut, and consequently alsothe pressureplate 2, attached to the screw 3, is depressed throughthe'medium of the wedge slides 13 and 14, the table 21 being at the sametime raised. If now the hand-lever 6 be turned, the pressure-plate 2 isdepressed for delivering the dough, after which the lever is turned backto its original position, during which operation the pawl 7 slides overthe teeth 5, held from rotation by the spring-detent 24. On reversingthe movement of the lever 10 the slides 13 and 14 raise the nut, withthe pressure-plate, to a slight extent, so as to generate a vacuum, thetable 21 being at the same time lowered for enabling the tray, with Jthe pastry or confectionery, to be removed and an empty tray placedthereon.

From the above description it will be obvious that the manipulation ofthe machine is a sim le one and that it is effected in an ex treme ysimple manner.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is 1. In a machine for molding pastry and confectionery, acontainer, a plunger or pressure-plate moving up and down Within saidcontainer, and a table below said container in combination with meansacting simultaneously to positively depress the table and raise thelunger, and vice versa, substantially as escribed.

2. In a machine for molding pastry and confectionery, a container, aplunger or pressure-plate moving up and down within said container, anda wedge for raising and lowering said plunger.

3. In a machine for molding pastry and confectionery, a container, aplunger or pressure-plate moving up and down within said container, andWedges for positively raising said lunger.

4:. n a machine for molding pastry and confectionery, a container, aplunger or pressure-plate moving up and down within said container, anda table below said container, in combination with wedges acting to raiseand lower said plunger, and means in connection with said wedges forsimultaneously lowering and raising the table.

5. In a machine for molding pastry and confectionery the combination ofa table, a container, a plunger or pressure-plate fitting into saidcontainer, a screw connected to the plunger, an internally-screwthreadedbushing, means for inserting the plunger into the container, means forgradually extracting said plunger or pressure-plate from or inserting itinto the container, with means such as wedges for simultaneouslylowering the plunger and raising the molding-table and vice versa,substantially as described.

6. In a machine for molding confectionery and pastry the combination ofa table, a container, a plunger 0r pressure-plate, a screw connected tothe plunger, a hand-wheel having an internally-screw-threaded bushingwith which the aforesaid screw engages and means such as a air of wedgesactuated by a rocking spindle for raising and lowering the bushing andplunger relatively with the container, substantially as hereinbeforedescribed.

7. In a machine for molding confectionery and pastry the combination ofa table, a container, a plunger or pressure-plate working within thecontainer, a screw attached to the plunger and engaging the bushing of ahand wheel, ratchet-teeth upon the said handwheel,fa pawl engaging thesaid ratchet-teeth and actuated by a lever, wedges for reciprocating thehand-wheel and plunger, a shaft for actuating the wedges, and linksconnecting arms upon the said shaft to a crank in connection with thetable so as to simultaneously operate both plunger and table,substantially as hereinbefore described.

8. In a machine for molding confectionery and pastry the combination ofa table, a con tainer, a plunger or pressure-plate working within thecontainer, a screw attached to the plunger and engaging the bushing of ahand wheel, ratchet-teeth upon the said handwheel, a pawl engaging thesaid ratchet-teeth and actuated by a lever, wedges for reciprocating thehand-wheel and plunger, a shaft for actuating the wedges, linksconnecting arms upon the said shaft to a crank in connection with thetable so as to simultaneously operate both plunger and table, and meansfor adjusting the length of the rods, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN lllil-RZINGER GABOS.

Witnesses:

WENZEL SINKEYM, ALvEsTo S. HOGUE.

